Aviationiq Services
Fractional Share Transaction Support
Branded Charter Risk Assessment & Transaction Support
Branded Charter Risk Assessment & Transaction Support
- Offers and contract reviews
- Used aircraft value trends
- Concession advice and values
- Realistic all-in hourly costs
- Contract recommended changes
Branded Charter Risk Assessment & Transaction Support
Branded Charter Risk Assessment & Transaction Support
Branded Charter Risk Assessment & Transaction Support
- Provider viability and reports
- Offer review and DCF analysis
- Concession advice and values
- Provider service feedback
- Provider type and age profile
Business Model Sanity Check
Aircraft Designs & Program Reviews
Aircraft Designs & Program Reviews
- Detailed business model sanity check
- All AviationIQ provider predictions have proven accurate
- Detailed financial simulations for each provider we review for clients
Aircraft Designs & Program Reviews
Aircraft Designs & Program Reviews
Aircraft Designs & Program Reviews
- Five program assignments with four aircraft successfully launchd including Challenger 300/350/3500
- Scope covers market research, competitive positioning, aircraft specification and launch strategy
Our founder
Michael Riegel DipM BSc(Hons) MSc MBA
Business aviation offers unrivalled productivity, security and anonymity. Unfortunately, startups lose billions because they refuse to commission basic market and competitive analysis or request expert advice! Consequently, we witness regular high-profile bankruptcies and astonishing losses, which are damaging the viability of business aviation as an attractive and credible investment opportunity.
AviationIQ exist to use direct industry experience and training to sanity check business models, aircraft programs and business plans.
past mandates
Bombardier Flexjet
- Advised Bombardier board to enter fractional market
- Built Flexjet operations from zero employees to 500+
- Developed two generations of schedule optimizer
- Grew the fleet from twelve to 108 aircraft in three years
- Launched Learjet 45 and Challenger 300 Flexjet programs
- Achieved record profitability not matched since I resigned
- Pioneered local static and HNW networking events
Bombardier Business Aircraft
- Founding member Bombardier Business Aircraft board
- Defined Challenger 300/350/3500 program
- Integrated Canadair and Learjet brands under Bombardier
- Helped boost revenues from$1 to $5.5 billion in six years
- Introduced scientific analysis and market research
- Successfully took market share from Gulfstream
- Introduced ROI marketing and marketing planning
Embraer Legacy 450/500 Platform
- Mandated to compete with dominant Challenger 300
- Research highlighted two-variant platform
- Legacy 500 positioned against Challenger 300
- Legacy 450 positioned against Citation Sovereign
- One platform maximized reach at lowest cost
Avantair Program Review & Viability Assessment
- Assessed program contracts & financial viability
- Created draft P & L for Avantair program
- Met with major Avantair supplier to present conclusions
- Conclusion 1: Avantair bleeding cash unsustainably
- Conclusion 2: Avantair using card sales to stay solvent
- Conclusion 3: Avantair were close to financial collapse
- Outcome: Avantair filed for bankruptcy
Confidential Fractional Provider Assessment
- Full program review and viability assessment
- Red-flagged fifty significant contract flaws
- Compared Citationjet 3+ with Phenom 300 & Pilatus PC-24
- Conclusion 1: Fractional program not financially viable
- Conclusion 2: Share contract too flawed to sign
- Conclusion 3: Recommended alternative provider